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This book combines careful social history with the insights of organization theory. It is a stunning achievement, and should be widely read by sociologists, historians, political scientists, and criminologists---all those who reflect on the continuing failures of American criminal justice institutions.
Malcolm M. Feeley
UC Berkeley
The Deviant Prison: Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and the Origins of America's Modern Penal System, 1829-1913
